Washhanger.



B. TURYNOWICZ.

wAsHHANER. APPLICATION FILED IUNE 8.19m.

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APPUCATION FILED JUNE 8.1918.

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WASHI-IANGER.

wspecieation of Lea-ers Paten-t. vPatente'd'Sept. 10,1918'.

Application 'fired June s, 191s. seran No. 238,843.

To all' 'whom' it may concern.'

Be it known that I, BoLnsLAw TURYNO- wrcz, a citizen ofRussla, residingat Boston,

county of Suffolk, Massachusetts, have in vented certain new and usefulImprovements in Washhangers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in means for suspending lines orcords used to display laundried articles While being dried.

The principal object of the invention is to provide means by which theline or cord may be maintained at all times in a proper taut condition.

A further object is to provide means whereby the line may be inclined atan angle when it is desired to attach or remove articles thereon, andfinally, to provide means which may be readily attached to commonsupports such as are employed.

These and other like objects are attained by the novel construction andcombination of parts hereinafter described and shown in the accompanyingdrawings, forming a material part of this disclosure, and -in which yFigure 1 is a side elevational view indicating the attachment of theline to its supports.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view, showing the means for attaching theoperating lever to some. portion of the window or door frame from whichthe clothing is to be extended.

Fig. 3 is a side elevational View, showing the gears as attached to theoperating lever, and l Fig. 4 is a fragmentary sectional view, showingthe arrangement of gears attached to the operating lever.

In Fig. 1 a window or door frame is in* dicated by the numeral 10, whilea supporting post or mast is designated by the numeral 11. Attached tothe mast, at a proper height, is a Xed bracket 14 having pivoted in it abell-crank lever, one arm 15 of which has secured to it a weight 16,while the other arm 17 `carries at its end an eye 18, engaging a pulley19, over which runs the line or cord 20. This cord passes over acorresponding pulley 21 fixed by a pivoted link 22 to the bent end 23 ofa lever bar 25, pivoted near its center to a bracket 28, the oppositeend of the lever having an actuating handle 29 by which it may beoperated.

,The bracket 28 is here shown to consist of a piece of angle ironprovided with a plurality ofopenings 32 receptive of screws or similarfastening means by which it is secured to the frame of the window 10.

Secured to one of the limbs of the bracket 28 by rivets 34 is an arm 35,extending outwardly, forming a spindle 36, upon which thev bar 25 ispivoted, held by the enlarged head 37.

Rigidly engaged upon the spindle 36 is a spur gear 38, meshing withpinions 40, pivoted upon spindles 41, having enlarged heads 42, whichextends through the lever 25, the opposite ends of the spindles beingprovided with annular heads 43, one of which is adapted to move in atrack-way 44, formed in the surface of the bracket 28, while the othermay enter a recess 45 also formed in the bracket and acting as a stop,preventing further rotation of the bar 25 on which the pinions aremounted.

Secured upon the upper edge of the bar 25, by the screws 47 is a wire48, bent outward and upward, forming a loop 49, the rentrantly turnedend of the loop being extended transversely on the bar 25, and adaptedto enter either of the openings 52 and 53, formed in the face of thegear 38, thus locking it so that the lever 25 may be held eitherhorizontally or vertically, the detent end 50 of the wire being heldnormally in engagement due to the pressure of a flat spring 54 aiiixedupon the upper surface of the lever 25 by the screws 56.

In operation, the parts being assembled as shown in the full lines ofFig. l, the cord will obviously be held taut, due to the Weight on thebell-crank lever 15.

When it is desired to remove the articles, the handle 29 is turned up,bringing the bar 25 into a substantially vertical position, as shown bythe dotted lines, the bar being locked in position by the entry of thedetent wire 50 into the opening 52, formed in the gear 38, whileobviously, when the detent is entered into the opening 53, the bar willbe held vertical, thus stressing the cord.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a wash line support, the combination with two supports and abracket engaged upon one support, of a bell-crank lever pivoted to theother support, a weight engaged with one arm of said bell-crank leverwhereby the other end is held normally perpendicular, a lever pivoted tosaid bracket, and means for holding said lever either horizontally orvertically.

2. In a wash line support, the combination with two supports, of abracket secured upon one Support, a bell-crank lever pivotcd in saidbracket, a Weighted arm formed with said bell-crank lever, a secondbracket on the other support, a manually operable lever fulcrumed nearits center upon said second bracket, a line extended from one of theends of said bellcrank lever to the lower end of said manually operablelever, and means for locking Said manually operable lever in either oftwo 15 adjusted positions. l

In testimony whereof I have ailixed my signature.

BOLESLAW TURYNOWICZ.

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